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Clean-up set for trails that are used more than ever during the pandemic

Wintergreen Fund for Conservation chairman Mark Joron says people-counters on some Timmins nature trails prove that usage is way up.

“The number of people on the trails has increased since the COVID thing has happened,” he informs My Timmins Now Dot Com.

Especially busy is the Hersey Lake trail.

It’s operated by  Wintergreen along with the Mattagami Region Conservation Authority.  They also run the trails at Gillies Lake, Porcupine Lake and along the Mattagami River.

This Saturday, you’re encouraged to go for a walk with your family and bring a bag so you can pick up garbage that other people have left behind.

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“There are a few people out there that just don’t get it,” Joron notes. “So the many must look after the forest for the few.”

Because of the pandemic, he encourages physical distancing and masks, even in the great outdoors.

“We haven’t set a time, we’re not meeting anywhere. What we want people to do is take their own initiative, take a bag out and just go for a nice walk with the family and the kids and pick up any litter you see.”

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